A dairy farmer leader says Michigan’s dry summer has put added pressure on struggling farms.
Dairy Farmers of America regional manager Chuck Courtade covers Michigan and parts of Indiana and Ohio. He tells Brownfield inconsistent rains have pushed more farmers to start looking for other sources of feed, “You take the cost of planting a crop and then not getting a crop, having to buy feed with a milk check that’s small already is just putting tremendous strain on a lot of families.”
Courtade says Michigan’s processing imbalance is part of the reason farmers have been experiencing low prices in the state, “All farms are under stress right now, it doesn’t matter what size, it doesn’t matter how many generations have been on the farm.
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